The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-28
A NOVEL AFFAIR,

III umn of the Memphis appeal of Sun
.lf day we make the following clipping
= which will prove interesting to thos
g who contemplate entering into the ma
re trimonial state:
~ An ultra fashionable quarrel ha
70 grown out of the recent Ovington
y Maize wedding fashionable even
ID in Louisville society this fall. Th,
VI best man on this occasion was Colone
- Nicholas Smith, who bears the reputa
0, ton of being the handsomest man il
20 the world. 1t seems the Colonel sen,
3 in bill for $3.50 for services render.
Il ed. The bill was rejected by Mr.
e Ovington and the sender denounced in
n very strong terms. All of this has led
" people to wonder at the small price
Q which the famous beauty places upon
!, his services.
3 The fact that Mr.. Ovington passes
l for three millionaire, has caused his
action to be unpleasantly criticised.
Col. Smith claims he was almost a
stranger to Mr.. Ovington, and only
upon urgent solicitation he consented
to act. This does not put Mr.. Smith
in very enviable position. The
whole affair has been the subject Of
much comment, both in press and So
aial circle.
Can groomsmen be hired by the
hour' A new field has been opened
and fresh pastures await the impecuni-
Gus society man.
1t is known that Harvard students
hire out as walters, and New York |
club men are employed as escorts, but
to hire ones best man is a new feature
in social life.
The Ovington-Smith affair has been
the source of much amusing comments.
That women will take advantage of
each other where social matters are
concerned and allow themselves to he
influenced by petty spites and jealou-
sizes is an undisputed fact. MANY in.
stances have come to our notice, but
nothing has surpassed the story pub.
lished recently of hostess who con.
founded her enemies by using green
lamps at their plates, while the home
~ guests were served with lamps of :
roseate hue. The deliberateness of
the act is what makes it mean and sell q
fish. Because her enemy was beau.i d
full she must be humbled. u
Some women appear at times as if a
their enemies must have had hand in Q
Tue combination of their dresses. Such h
colors and such draperies as would a
give modiste the shivers. A bru. t
nette recently wore pale pink satin .
With blue draperies, the shades Of o
which no more matched than last I
years hat with q winter wrap. No !
woman feels better than when she (
lnds another worse dressed than her
'ef. An exultation takes possession
II her, and if any favor from her is de. il
ired then is the moment to approach
Ter. A debutante remarked to the
writer at recent entertainment IL
Miss - is sweet, lovely girl A
ou ought to know; but she dresses p
bominably." AS this was a very SO. :
'ous accusation, the reporter dared not /
rust to an introduction to a lady con- g
0ious, perhaps, of her poor dressing. Ii
-SoME Of the Republicans are be D.
inning to regret the Endorsement they u m
ave Mr.. Blaine's reply to Mr.. Cleve- wi
'nd's message with as much sincerity In In
> they regret their views expressed sal
the message atthe time It was made b ba
ublic. They have never been loud tn
claiming anything for Mr.. Blaine's w "
eracity or devotion to truth in his
lbllc utterances, but they have some tn
aim for bis craftsmanship. This lat. &c
T claim is being rapidly swept away. RE RE
characteristic criticism the New j
ork Times says: ]
The leader of the Republican party !
fifty years behind the time. 10 pr,
m the crude and wasteful and de-
oralizing policy of the distribution -
1886 is the guide for statesman Of I
is great republic in the closing wears
the century. And he maintains this
face of the facts that history, which
pretends both to write and make
8 condemned that policy; that It
IS a total failure when undertaken
at it was found utterly impractioable
carry out the purposes to which the
'ney was to be devoted, aud in face
the fnct that ho Ia, .l..ll, IL